The Missouri Standard
Specifications for Highway Construction book is currently undergoing
major changes. The Missouri Department of Transportation formed a
Performance Specification Team in 2001 to identify performance
specification opportunities and to propose a plan for implementation. Our
objectives are to encourage innovative thinking, to promote new
construction technologies and techniques, and to permit greater
opportunities for contractors to showcase their quality workmanship with
minimal restrictions placed on them by state government. Each section of
our specifications has been assigned to a team consisting of knowledgeable
experts from state and federal government and private industry.

This web site contains links to team breakdowns,
files the teams are responsible for reviewing, and the writing and
formatting rules.

The teams page details the breakdown of team
leaders, team members and resources for the numerous teams. A list of
team's participants' employer, phone number and email address is being
maintained separately and is available by request.

The files page consists of Word files of the
existing specification (effective as of July 2002), General Special
Provisions, Job Special Provisions, Bid Items, and Acrobat files of
Standard Plans. The only non-editable items are the Standard Plans. We
ask that revisions to drawings be provided in red ink or red pencil.

Documentation of revisions is paramount.
Proposed revisions should be submitted with a summary sheet detailing
the rationale why revisions were or were not made to sections. The
rationale should be tied to the nine questions presented at the course.
These nine questions and a sample summary sheet are available on this
web site.

Though each of the nine questions should be
addressed individually regarding revisions, it is more important to
detail on the summary sheet the primary reason revisions were or were
not made. This is applicable not only to the individual specification
sections, but also to the corresponding general special provisions, job
special provisions and standard plans. Changes to bid items should
reflect proposed changes to these documents and rationales are not
needed.

The review process of each section will consist
of the team selected for that task to perform that review with input
from designated resources. It is the responsibility of each industry team member
to keep their respective industry aware of the progress of their
respective team. Prior to submitting a revised section for approval by
MoDOT, the revised section will be provided to industry for comments and
recommendations. Comments or recommendations should be submitted to the
team leader with a
rationale in a similar format as the summary sheet provided by the team
on the proposed revised section, as discussed above. A minimum, two to
four weeks will be allotted for industry to provide input. The team will
be meet again to take into consideration all comments or recommendations
received and will take action as they deem applicable. After
this review, the team will submit the revised section through the
approval process, attaching any comments or recommendations not
implemented.

It should be noted, this review process is
perpetual and will not end on July 1, 2003. We will continue to review
MoDOT standards to upgrade to performance type specifications when
possible.

Disclaimer

The electronic documents provided here are for informational purposes
and the convenience of those accessing it only. By providing the standards
specifications in this electronic format, the Missouri Highway and
Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation do
not intend to form a contract with any person, nor shall any of the
information may be relied upon by any person as forming a part of any
contract. The printed and published contents of the Missouri Standard
Specifications for Highway Construction, 1999 Edition, adopted by the
Commission at its meeting on August 6, 1999, as they have been revised by
the General Special Provisions or Job Special Provisions of the bidding
and contract documents for a particular project shall always control over
the information provided in this electronic publication.